Adjustable necktie



W. MAYER ADJUSTABLE NECKTIE v Flled March 25 1956 June 23, 1936.

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Patented June 23, 1936 l UNITED sTATEs PATENT CFFICE 2,045,281 ADJUSTABLE NECKTIE William Mayer, New York, N. Y. Application March 23, 1936., Serial No. 70,378 3 Claims- (l. 2-155).

My present invention relates generally to neckwear, and has particular reference to an improved type of adjustable neckband. 1

It is a general object of my invention to provide an improved adjustable necktie of the general character illustrated in United States Letters Patent Number 2,003,359, issued June 4, 1935. This type of necktie has a neckband portion which is adjustable in length by doubling it back upon itself and by providing at its end a male fastening element which is adapted to engage with a selected one of a series of openings or perforations in the neckband.

More specific objects of the present invention include an improved mode of assembly of various 15 elements whereby the outward appearance of the necktie is more attractive; whereby the adjustable feature is coupled with a maximum amount of strength and wearing qualities; and whereby any manufacturer of neckties is enabled to construct the present improved neckband without materially altering the regular procedural steps of manufacture.

The type of necktie to which my present invention relates has a lneckband portion which consists of inner and outer plies of tie material which are often of relatively delicate fabric, the longitudinal edges of these tie plies being turned inwardly and stitched together by rows of concealed stitching. In accordance with my present invention, a separate band or label, suitably perforated and reinforced, is associated with the tie plies in an improved manner.

The present improvement is characterized by 35 the employment of a perforated reinforced label which is coextensive in width with the innerply of the necktie construction; by turning the longitudinal edges of the label inwards and causing them to be engaged by the rows of concealed stitching hereinbefore mentioned; and by the avoidance of any procedure which requires the irmer ply of necktie fabric to be perforated or to be used for reinforcement purposes.

The specific nature of the present improvement, 45 and the manner in which it distinguishes from other constructions which have heretofore been devised by me, will be more clearly set forth hereinafter.

I achieve the foregoing general objects, and such other objects as may hereinafter appear or be pointed out, in the manner illustratively exemplified in the accompanying drawing, wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bow necktie embodying the features of the present invention;

Figure 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view takexli substantially along the line 2-2 of Figure Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of a perforated and reinforced label of the present character;

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary cross-section taken substantially along the line 4-4 of Figure 1; L

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 4, and illustrating a modification; 1

Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view similar to Figure 2, but taken substantially along the line 6-6 of Figure 5;

Figure 7 is a view similar to Figure 1, showing the manner in which the invention may be applied to a bow tie of the ready-made variety; and

Figure 8 is a view similar to Figure 6, showing the manner in which the invention may be applied .to a four-in-hand type of tie ofthe readymade variety.

The tie illustrated in Figure 1 consists of the bow tying portions III and II, each of which is formed on the forward end of a neckband portion. The portion II is on the forward end of a-neckband portion I2 which carries at its rear end a 25 metallic loop I3. The portion I0 is on the forward end of a neckband porti`on I4 whose rear end extends through the loop I3 and terminates in a male fastening element such as the hook I5 illustratively shown. The neckband of the tie is made adjustable in length by permitting the neckband portion I4 to be doubled back upon itself so as to engage the male fastening element I5 in any one of a series of perforations provided in a predetermined arrangement.

The present invention relatesto the neckband portion I4, and the manner of applying the members I5 and I3 to the extremities of the respective neckband portions I4 and I2 has not been illustrated in detail because these particular por- 40 tions of the structure have no bearing upon the present invention.

The neckband portion I4 is formed of the inner and outer plies of tie fabric I6 and I1, re-

spectively, whose longitudinal edges are turned inwards and secured together by the rows of concealed stitching I8. Those skilled in the art will appreciate the fact that in accomplishing this result the several plies are first stitched together in superposed relation, wrong-side-out, and are subsequently turned inside-out to produce the result shown in Figure 2.

In the embodiment illustrated in Figures 2 and 4, the inner ply IB is coextensive in length with the length of the outer ply I1, and the perforations for the element I6 to engage in are provided by means of a separate band or label I6, illustrated by itself in Figure 3. This band or label may be of any suitable relatively strong material; it is coextensive in width with the inner ply I6; and its longitudinal edges may or may not be selvaged. In predetermined longitudinally spaced relation the band I9 is provided with openings or perforations 20. The band I! is reinforced by a relatively narrow reinforcement strip 2I, which is similarly provided with longitudinally spaced perforations 22. The band 2| is superposed on the undersidey of the label Il, with the perforations 20 and 22 in registry, and means are provided for marginally interengaging each pair of registering perforations. To accomplish this, eyelets may be used, or stitching may be resorted to, as in'the manufacture of buttonholes.

perforations, to indicate the various neckband sizes to which the neckband will be adjusted when the element I 5 is engaged with one or another of the perforations.

In the embodiment of Figures 2 and 4, the perforated reinforced label of Figure 3 is associated with the neckband by superposing it over the outside of the ply I6, the 23 of the label being turned inwardly and engaged by the concealed stitching I6. At the forward and rearward ends of the label it may be secured in any suitable manner, as by the stitching 24, to the ply I6.

It will be observed that the label I9 completely conceals that portion of the inner ply I6 over which it is arranged, i. e., it extends completely around the longitudinal edges of the ply I 6. In this respect, the present By virtue of the present improved construcnor undergo fabric I6 in assembly inside-out.

In the iinished construction, the inside surface of the neckband is of highly attractive appearance, being In these gures, the neckband consists, as be; fore, of the inner and outer clearly inFigure 6. The outward and I'I', the longitudinal edges being turned inwards and stitched together by the concealed stitching I6'. However, the inner ply I6' is made shorter than the outer ply I 1', i. e., its real end 26 terminates short of the rear end of the outer ward continuation of the ply I 8'. dinal edges of the label I9 are turned inward, and engaged by the stitching I8', as shown most the finished article is exactly the same as that of the construction of Figures 2 and 4.

material turned gituiinal edges for engagement by the stitching l'.

From the standpoint of manufacture, the modiication of Figures 5 and 6 is not materially different from that of Figures 2 and 4. 'I'he manufacturer simply stitches one end of the purchased label IS, as at 24', to the rear end of the inner ply I6', and he then proceeds to assemble the element I6 (with its extension) with the element I1' in the regular manner.

In Figure '7, I have illustrated the manner in which the invention may be applied to a bow tie oi the ready-made variety. The neckband portion 26, to which the invention relates, is in this is, therefore, intended that these details be interpreted as illustrative, sense.

Having thus described my invention, and illustrated its use, what I claim as new and desire to secure by letters Patent is- 1. In an terial having their longitudinal edges turned inward, the rear end of the inner ply terminating short of the rear end of the outer ply, a label coextensive in width with said inner ply and carried by the latter as a rear continuation thereof, said label having its longitudinal edges also turned inward, longitudinal rows of concealed stitching securing the turned-in edges of the outer ply to the turned-ln edges of said inner ply and label, said label having a series of perforations arranged in predetermined longitudinally spaced relation, a narrow reinforcement band beneath said label and having perforations registering with those in said label, and means marginally interengaging each pair of registering perforations; said neckband portion being adapted to be doubled Y back upon itself and provided at its end with a male fastening element adapted to engage with a selected perforation.

3. In an adjustable necktie. a neckband portion comprising inner and outer plies of tie material having their longitudinal edges turned inward and stitched together by concealed stitching, a label coextensive in width with said inner 5 ply and arranged on the outside of said inner ply with its longitudinal edges turned in with the longitudinal edges of said inner ply and engaged by said stitching, said label having a series of perforations arranged in predetermined 1o longitudinally spaced relation, a narrow reinforcement band beneath said label and having perforations registering with those in said label, and means marginally interengaging each pair of registering perforations; said neckband portion l5 being adapted lto be doubled back upon itself and provided at its end with a male fastening element adapted to engage with a selected perforation.

v WILLIAM MAYER. 

